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Hospital [7] [8] [9] Joe Morton as Miles Bennett Dyson : Director of special |
projects at Cyberdyne Systems Corporation [10] [11] The film's cast also |
includes Jenette Goldstein and Xander Berkeley as John's foster parents |
Janelle and Todd Voight, [12] Cástulo Guerra as Sarah's friend Enrique |
Salceda, S. Epatha Merkerson and DeVaughn Nixon as Dyson's wife Tarissa and |
son Danny, [13] [14] and Danny Cooksey as John's friend Tim. [15] Hamilton's |
twin sister Leslie Hamilton Gearren appears as the T-1000 impersonating Sarah |
when Hamilton is also on-screen. Twins Don and Dan Stanton portray a guard at |
Pescadero State Hospital and the T-1000 imitating him. [4] [13] [16] Other |
cast members includes Ken Gibbel as an abusive orderly, [17] Robert Winley, |
Ron Young , Charles Robert Brown, and Pete Schrum as men who confront the |
T-800 in a biker bar , Abdul Salaam El Razzac as Gibbons, a Cyberdyne guard, |
and Dean Norris as the SWAT team leader. [13] [14] Michael Edwards portrays |
the John Connor of 2029 and Hamilton's infant son Dalton Abbott portrays John |
in a dream sequence. [5] [13] [18] Co-writer William Wisher cameos as a man |
photographing the T-800 in the mall, [19] and Michael Biehn reprises his role |
as resistance soldier Kyle Reese in scenes that were removed from the |
theatrical release. [20] Production [ edit ] Development [ edit ] Director |
James Cameron in 2016 The Terminator had been a surprise hit, earning $78.4 |
million against its $6.4 million budget, confirming Schwarzenegger's status as |
a lead actor and establishing James Cameron as a mainstream director. [4] |
Schwarzenegger expressed interest in a sequel, saying "I always felt we should |
continue the story ... I told [Cameron] that right after we finished the first |
film". [21] Cameron said Schwarzenegger had always been more enthusiastic |
about a sequel than he was, because Cameron considered the original a complete |
story. [22] [23] Discussions to make a sequel stalled until 1989, in part |
owing to Cameron's work on other films such as Aliens (1986) and The Abyss |
(1989), but also because of a dispute with rights holder Hemdale Film |
Corporation . [4] [19] [24] Hemdale co-founder John Daly had attempted to |
alter the ending of The Terminator against Cameron's wishes, nearly resulting |
in a physical confrontation. A sequel could not be made without Hemdale's |
approval as Cameron had surrendered 50% of his rights to the company to get |
The Terminator made. Cameron had also sold half of the remaining stake to his |
ex-wife Gale Anne Hurd , producer and co-writer on the first film, for $1 |
following their 1989 divorce. [c] By 1990, Hemdale was being sued by Cameron, |
Schwarzenegger, Hurd, and special-effects artist Stan Winston for unpaid |
profits from The Terminator . [24] Schwarzenegger, aware Hemdale was |
experiencing financial difficulties, convinced Carolco Pictures to purchase |
the film rights to The Terminator , having worked with the independent film |
studio on the big-budget science fiction film Total Recall (1990). [4] [25] |
[26] Owner Mario Kassar described the rights acquisition as the most difficult |
deal Carolco ever conducted. He accepted a $10 million offer for Hemdale's |
share, considering it a sum fabricated to ward him off, and paid Hurd $5 |
million for her share. Prior to development, the total cost of the acquisition |
rose to $17 million after factoring in incidental costs. [4] [26] [27] Kassar |
told Cameron that in order to recoup his investment, the film would proceed |
with or without him, and offered Cameron $6 million to be involved and write |
the script. [4] The film would become a collaboration between several |
production studios: Carolco, Le Studio Canal+ , Cameron's Lightstorm |
Entertainment , and Hurd's Pacific Western Productions . [d] The studio also |
had an existing U.S. distribution deal with TriStar Pictures , [26] [32] which |
stipulated that the film be ready for release by May 27, 1991, Memorial Day . |
[33] Writing [ edit ] With a scheduled release date, Cameron had six to seven |
weeks to write the sequel. He approached his frequent collaborator and The |
Terminator co-writer William Wisher in March 1990. [4] [19] [33] They spent |
two weeks developing a film treatment based on Cameron's vision to form a |
relationship between John Connor and the T-800, a concept Wisher believed was |
a joke. [22] [33] Their treatment diverged from the "science fiction slasher " |
theme of the original, focusing on the unconventional family bond formed |
between Sarah, John, and the T-800. Cameron said this relationship is "the |
heart of the movie", comparing it to the Tin Man receiving a heart in The |
Wizard of Oz (1939). [4] Cameron's concept featured Skynet and the resistance |
each sending a T-800—both played by Schwarzenegger—into the past, one to kill |
John and the other to protect him. Wisher believed a fight between two |
identical Terminators would be boring. [4] [34] The pair briefly considered a |
larger "Super-Terminator", but found it uninteresting and adopted an early |
idea Cameron had for The Terminator —a liquid-metal Terminator resembling an |
average-sized human in contrast to Schwarzenegger's large frame. [34] The |
first half of their concept concluded with the destruction of Skynet's T-800, |
forcing it to use the T-1000, its ultimate weapon. [4] Although he once |
considered removing the T-1000 altogether, Cameron solidified it as the only |
antagonist. Cameron and Wisher had the T-1000 take on the appearance of a |
police officer, allowing it to operate with less suspicion. [4] [35] Wisher |
found it challenging to depict the T-800 as "good" without making it non- |
threatening at the same time. [35] The pair decided to give it the ability to |
learn and develop emotions, becoming more human over time. [35] They kept the |
T-800's dialogue brief, relying on the audience to infer a lot of meaning |
through "small bites". [4] Its catchphrase, " Hasta la vista, baby ", was |
something Wisher and Cameron said after their telephone calls. [4] [36] Wisher |
developed the first half of the treatment at Cameron's home over the course of |
four weeks, while Cameron worked on the latter half. [33] [34] [37] Many pages |
were removed, including a "convoluted" subplot about Dyson, and a massacre of |
a camp of survivalists helping Sarah. Cameron, who did not consider the budget |
while writing, had to cut some elaborate scenes, including a nine-minute |
opening that showed a time travel machine being used in 2029. [e] Wisher and |
Cameron also frequently conferred with special-effects studio Industrial Light |
& Magic (ILM) to determine which ideas were achievable. [33] Cameron and |
Wisher analyzed the first film to help envision each character's development |
and evolution. Cameron believed Sarah's knowledge of the future would isolate |
her, forcing her to associate with survivalists and become a self-sufficient |
commando. [4] She was written to have become an emotionally cold and distant |
character comparable to a Terminator, especially when deciding to go after |
Dyson. [4] Instead of beginning the story with Sarah, John is placed with a |
foster family to increase tension. [35] [42] John's character was inspired by |
the 1985 Sting song " Russians ", with Cameron recalling, "I remember sitting |
there once, high on E ... I was struck by [the lyrics] 'I hope the Russians |
love their children too'. And I thought ... The idea of a nuclear war is just |
so antithetical to life itself'. That's where [John] came from". [4] They |
spent three days refining the script before flying to Cannes , where |
Terminator 2 was announced in early May 1990. [4] [33] [43] Schwarzenegger |
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